I think it’s fair to say that the Loretto Community carries a strong passion for food justice, migrant rights, the envirnoment, gender equity, and more. Amazingly, our advocacy work here at the United Nations covers all of those areas. Luckily for me, I work under an incr

The fall months seemingly flew by, highlighted by a string of special days of commemoration, and events hosted and sponsored by the Loretto at the UN office. Late September brought the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples to New York. At the “Rights of Nature” event, we heard indige

On Friday, October 10, the Nobel Prize Committee recognized Malala Yousafzai for her courageous advocacy on behalf of girl’s education. It was particularly compelling that the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a girl on the day that we at the UN celebrated the third annual Inter

On the afternoon of Friday, October 11th, the United Nations ECOSOC Chamber was overflowing; not only with the UN member states, UN agencies and civil society that occupied the 600 seat arena, but also with an enthusiasm and sense of hope that reflected the empowering mission of this,